Check out these four excerpts from national leaders speaking about wars of ideology. Can you match the speech with the speaker?
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If it's the thought that counts....From Heroes to Zeros--WTC workers dangle as the bills roll inAsk any elderly veteran fighting the VA system for medical and nursing care how long hero status lasts. Or ask any of the many, many World Trade Center workers who searched and cleared the site after 9/11. Quotes of the dayTo me, one of the greatest reasons to support our democratization efforts -- whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, or in the Middle East generally -- is the prospect that instead of being inflamed by propaganda or controlled by oppressive regimes people in that region will have the freedom to come to the United States and decide for themselves what America is all about. Frances Townsend, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. [No word on how the citizens of these other countries will be able to afford their trips here, or whether having Americans visit foreign countries might accomplish a similar goal]
When you have more money in your pocket, you get to spend the money. You get to make the decisions. And the fundamental question facing government is: who best to spend your money? You or the government? President Bush, in his Labor Day speech at Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education. [Apparently the prez has not been told that Americans have IOUs, not money, in their pockets] Not lovin' that spin that we're in--who calls the shots?Who calls the shots in the U.S.? Who supplies the money for the endless stream of spin that makes the folks too dizzy to vote straight? Come on, you know who. Just read the following, which requires no further comment whatsoever. Fscists, Fascists everywhereAs many have noted, the new Republican campaign to paint all dissenters as Fascists or Fascist sympathizers has a few built-in problems. Load Sixteen Tons, And Waddaya Get?Like we needed more proof that while Chimpy does his worst impression of a failed water-colorist, the worker in this nation still hasn't gotten a better shake.... The President's stirring and illlogical words on IraqAll the stops are out now, folks. The polls have been consistently bad for Republicans as we approach the November election, and the White House political consultants--all 3,000,000 of them, give or take a few--have decided on their last ditch theme and every single one of the players on the WH team is trying to ram it down the public's throat. The President repeated the theme today in his radio address, using stirring rhetoric that, unfortunately, merely demonstrates what a large con this theme really is. More Pants, More FireThought they'd get away with it, eh? Seems that ABC is all set to air a "docudrama".... A poverty of concern about povertyYou may have missed it, but earlier this week the government released their 2005 figures on poverty in America. Still not good. Still mostly of no concern to anyone who "counts" in the country. And the global statistics are even worse. So here's a rundown on the stats and where they come from. Quotes of the dayIts a bumper crop.... |
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